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OBITUARIES
The NEWS extends deepest sympathy to members of the
bereaved families.
Mrs. Everett Wilson
Funeral services for Mrs. Eve
rett O. Wilson of Porterdale were
held on Thursday afternoon, July
17, at Zion Baptist Church with
Rev. Walter Perry, pastor of the
church, officiating at the servic
es.
Mrs. W’ilson, a native of Rock
dale County, passed away in a
private hospital on Wednesday,
July 16, after an extended ill
ness. She was 52 years old
and a member of Zion Baptist
Church. The former Miss Eva
Lane, she had been a resident
of Porterdale for the past 30
years.
Surviving are her husband,
Everett O. Wilson, Porterdale;
three daughters, Mrs. Roy Gaza
way, Jr., Covington; Mrs. J. L.
Moody, Stone Mountain; Miss
Lynda Wilson, Porterdale; two
brothers, Dewey Lane, Grady
Lane, sister, Mrs. Tom Floyd,
all of Conyers and four grand
children.
Interment was in Zion Ceme
tery with Caldwell and Cowan
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Serving as pall
bearers were J. W. Floyd, Randle
Wilson, J. O. Wilson, Jr., Robert
Smith, Ronny Wilson and Ray
bun Stone.
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There is often an inclination to stay
away from visitations and funeral ser
vices. People were fond of the deceased
and feel sympathy for the bereaved, but
they simply "hate to go to funerals."
Surely, all acquaintances and relatives
would pay their last respects if they
realized how much comfort the family
gains from knowing that others care.
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Sunday School WGFS Training Union
Allen Memorial Methodist Church
Oxford
Invites YOU to hear
Dr. E. Stanley Jones
11 a.m. Sunday, July 27
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Miss Una Smith
} Graveside services were con
r ducted Sunday afternoon, July 20,
i at Macedonia Cemetery for Miss
> Una Smith of Atlanta, who pas
. sed away In a private hospital
on Friday, July 18, following a
. lingering Illness. Rev. Tom
t White officiated at the services
with J. C. Harwell and Son Fu
’ neral Home In charge of ar-
I rangements.
Miss Smith was a native of
t Newton County and the sister
t of the late Mrs. Howard Skin
> ner of Covington. She was a
member of the First Congrega
tional Church In Atlanta and for
many years prior to her retire
ment was an employee of Rich’s
In the alteration department. She
was 90 years old at the time of
, her death.
Surviving are several nieces
and nephews.
The “It could never happen to
. me” attitude often leads to a sad
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। think “it could happen to me”-
; then make the proper precautions
, to see that a burglar doesn’t gain
entry while you are away.
Dr. Davis To Preach Bethany
Revival, Homecoming Services
The Reverend Doctor Law
rence A. Davis of Atlanta will
preach at Bethany, Route 5, Cov
ington each evening next week
from Monday through Friday and
on Sunday morning at the eleven
o’clock hour, nils latter service
will be part of Homecoming and
will be followed by dinner in the
grove.
Dr. Davis has had a most
fruitful ministry, having had pas
torates in Atlanta, Louisville,
Ky., and Huntingdon, West Vir
ginia. While In West Virginia,
he was elected Moderator of that
Synod, and had conferred upon
him by Davis Elkins College the
degree of Doctor of Divinity for
outstanding service to the Ch
urch.
For the last ten years Dr.
Davis has been associated with
The Board of Church Extension
(now National Ministries) of the
Presbyterian Church, serving for
several years as Associate sec
retary of Evangelism and then
from 1963 to 1966 as Acting
Secretary of Evangelism.
He announces his sermon tit
les as foHows: Monday —“Je
sus Looks Over The Church —
The First Church Survey”; Tues
day— “God and I”; Wednesday
—“ls it Practical To Follow
Jesus To-Day?”; Thursday —
“Is Your Faith Your Own?”;
Friday — “Which Way Are You
Looking?”; and Sunday — “The
Rev. Clack Stubbs
To Be Ordained
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Rev. Clack Stubbs
Rev. Clack Stubbs, a former
member of the Porterdale Bap
tist Church, at the request of
the Mingus Baptist Church, Min
gus, Texas, will be ordained as
a minister of the gospel.
The ordination services will be
held at the Porterdale Baptist
Church at 3roo P. M., July 27.
Rev. John Lance will preach
the ordination sermon and Rev.
Guy Davidson will give the charge
to the church. Rev. H. N. Ear
nest will render the ordination
prayer and James Head will pre
sent the Bible. The public is cor
dially invited.
Attend Church Sunday
Dr. Davis
Cost of Communion.”
The evening services will be
gin at 7:45 with a song service
led by the popular song leader
Mr. Herman Miller of McDon
ough. The Sunday morning ser
vice will begin at 11:00 o’clock.
There will be no Sunday Sc
hool this Sunday due to Home
coming.
The Bethany congregation, in
cluding its pastor, Rev. Samuel
B. Hay extend to all a cordial
invitation to join us In any or all
of these services.
Danny Harwell,
Phil Jones On
Dean’s List
ATLANTA, GA.—B 46 under
graduate students at Georgia
Tech completed the 1969 Spring
Quarter with an overall point
average of 3.0 or better out of
a possible 4.0, according to Dr.
R. T. Staton, Dean of the Under
graduate Divsion.
These students have been re
cognized for this high scholastic
achievement by being named to
the Dean’s list. Covington stud
ents named to the list are; Olin
Daniel Harwell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Harwell Sr., 4118
Middlebrooks; amd Julius
Phillip Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred JUlius Jones of Route
1.
Governor Urges
Georgia Sheriffs
’Sweep’ Counties
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, ad
dressing the Georgia Sheriffs
Association’s annual convention
at Stone Mountain, charged that
“our men now fighting and dying
in Vietnam cannot win the war
being waged against a foreign
enemy because of the war being
waged against them by a dom
estic enemy—our own govern
ment.”
“They are being sent into a
cave to tickle a bear with a
feather,” he said, “and they
are being told that if the bear
wakes up, then just call the
Pentagon and we’ll try to figure
out what you ought to do next.”
Gov. Maddox told the sheriffs
that they, who are charged with
enforcing the law, are faced
with a similar problem. Said
he:
“It is sometimes virtually
impossible to do your job with
all the interference you get from
the courts, pressure groups,
bureaucrats, and—all too fre
quently—local politicians who
are selling out the safety and
welfare of the majority of the
people for a few votes or
a few dollars.
“Sheriffs have a good deal
more autonomy than do many
city and county policemen, but
we have seen too many police
men in this and other states
actually lose their jobs because
they were doing too good a job.
“Now, I am not advocating
a policy of allowing policemen
and other law enforcement of
ficers to do as they please.
You must follow a responsible
code of ethics in dealing with
Rogers Names
New GPA Board
ATLANTA (PRN) -
President Bill Rogers of
Georgia Press Association has
announced the appointment
of five publishers to the Board
of Managers of the association.
Rogers, publisher of the
Swainsboro Forest-Blade, was
elected president of the
association earlier this month.
Named to the board are
Leodel Coleman, Bulloch
Herald, Statesboro; Jamie
Connell, Berrien Press,
Nashville; Bill Ott, Macon
Telegraph; John Hughes,
Calhoun Newspapers, Inc. and
Ted Oglesby, Gainesville
Tribune.
Retiring from the board
were Roy Chalker,
Waynesboro True Citizen; W.
B. Rhoden, Jesup Sentinel;
Cooper Ethridge, Houston
Home Journal, Perry; Otis
Brumby, Marietta Daily
Journal and Mrs. Charles
Graves, Tri-County Advertiser,
Cornelia.
Each of the new appointees
were named for two-year
terms.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Annual Smyrna
Camp Meeting
Begins Aug. Ist
The 142nd Annual Campmeet
ing of the Smyrna Presbyterian
Church will be held beginning
Friday, August Ist, and con
tinue through the following Fri
day, August Bth. The Smyrna
Church is located at the junc
tion of Highways 212 and 138,
twenty-two miles southeast of
Atlanta in Rockdale County.
Rev. Reuben Wallace, former
Smyrna pastor, will be the pr
eacher each evening at 8:00 P.M.
and on Sunday morning at 11:00
A. M. Mr. Wallace is an ex
perienced and gifted evangelist
who is now serving with the Pre
sbyterian Evangelistic Fellow
ship (PEF> God has given him
a fruitful ministry In churches
all over the south.
Rev. Larry Amos, pastor of
Union Methodist Church, will pr
each at the Homecoming Service
at 3:00 P. M. on Sunday.
Rev. Lowell Sykes of Augusta
will be with us again this year
as pianist. He will also lead the
morning Bible Hour at 11 A.M.
Singing will be led by Mr.
Lowell Alexander, Minister of
Music at Rockdale Baptist Ch
urch.
Classes at 2:00 P. M. with
swimming and other activities
for youth will be offered during
the afternoon.
The dining hall will be open
throughout the week again this
year with meals served at rea
sonable prices.
From morning watch before
breakfast until the conclusion of
the evening service, you may look
forward to a week of inspiration
and fellowship which are such
unique blessings here at Smy
rna. Please come and join us
for this wonderful occasion.
Homecoming
Salem Baptist Church will have
their homecoming on July 27th.
A basket lunch will be held im
mediately after morning service.
Revival will begin July 27th
and run until August 3rd. The
guest speaker will be Rev. Car
well McCoy. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Eddie Najjar Is
Counselor for
Honors Program
The students selected for Gov
ernor’s Honors Program are very
familiar with tests; tests of many
sorts, administered by the staff
to give GHP’s four full-time coun
selors guidelines for working with
these gifted scholars.
The Ohio Psychological Test,
a Values Study test, and a per
sonality test all contribute to the
profile of each student with whom
the counselors come in contact.
And they come in contact with
them all, advising them on matt
ers of career and college, fin
ancial programs, personal pro
blems, as well as being very
sympathetic listeners and very
knowledgeable talkers.
The Chairman of the Counsel
ing Department is Mrs. Eliza
beth Bowen, and her associates
are Eddie Najjar, Mrs. Bobbye
Cobb, and Mrs. Emily Petty.
These people have already plann
ed and supervised a special event
for GHP students, and are pre
paring another.
College Night, held Tuesday,
July 1, brought to the Wesleyan
campus over 60 representatives
from nearly 30 Georgia, as well
as nearly 30 out of state colleg
es and universities. All of these
schools were very interested in
the possible recruitment for their
campuses of these exceptional
students.
citizens who require your ser
vices, and every person, re
gardless of what he is or who
he is or why he is, is entitled
to the full rights granted to
him by the U. S. and State
Constitutions.
“But, no criminal has more
rights than an officer of the
law. No criminal has more
rights than a person abiding
by the law. No criminal has
more rights than a victim of a
crime.”
He urged the sheriffs to “beat
the gamblers at their own
game. . .rack up the rack
eteers. . .boot out the boot
leggers. . .expose the crooked
politicians. . .investigate the
influence peddlers” and “get
on with the job of apprehending,
prosecuting and convicting
those who are violating the
law.”
“Do in your own coun
ties,” Maddox asserted, “what
I am doing at the state level.
We’ve too long been leaving the
job for somebody else to do.
It’s up to us.” Then Gov.
Maddox Issued a sort of chal
lenge to the sheriffs, saying:
“Fil keep the statehouse
swept out as best I can for the
next year and a half, and I hope
I’ll see some dust and fur and
feathers flying in each and every
county In our state where the
old honesty, efficiency and mo
rality broom has been in the
closet too long and is waiting
for you dedicated men to use
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Medicare Program Here Aids
Miss Belcher, Retired Teacher
As the nation’s Medicare pro
gram celebrated Its third birth
day this month, Miss Ethel Bel
cher, an 86-year-old who resides
at 2140 Monticello Street, Cov
ington, had good reason to be
pleased with the program of hea
lth Insurance for the elderly.
Miss Belcher, who will be 87
this August 18, is receiving tr
eatment for a broken ankle she
received recently. “This is the
first time in my 87 years I have
ever been a hospital patient,”
she said. “If I had known the
care and treatment would be so
excellent I might have come so
oner,” she said jokingly. Miss
Belcher has nothing but praise
for Newton County Hospital and
its staff. “Everyone has been
wonderful to me,” she said.
Miss Belcher taught school for
36 years, mostly in Newton Cou
nty, before retirement in 1934.
She taught 3 years in Lovejoy,
3 years in Mansfield, 1 year in
Conyers, 3 years in Beaumont,
Texas, 1 year in Pine Grove, 5
years in Covington, 1 year in
Atlanta, 2 more years in Cov
ington, then in Porterdale where
she retired as Principal after 17
years at Porterdale School.
Since she retired in 1934, be
fore the social security law was
passed, she has no social sec
urity coverage. However, she
does draw social security bene
fits. A special feature of the
social security law provides cash
benefits to persons age 72 or
over before 1968, if they are
not eligible for any other type
of government benefit. Since
Miss Belcher was 72 long before
1968 she has been receiving this
benefit for many months. She
also qualifies for hospital in
surance under Medicare without
social security coverage because
she was 65 before 1968.
In addition, Medicare provides
help toward paying Miss Bel
cher’s doctor blHs because she
has elected to pay the $4 per
month premium for medical in
surance.
“I want people to know just
how Important Medicare Is to us
senior citizens,” said Miss Bel
cher. “Not having to worry
about the cost of my accident
certainly helps me get well
quicker.”
Medicare will pay most of the
hospital expense. Miss Belcher
is responsible for the first $44
of the bill, plus the extra char
ges for T. V. set and other items
of expense not covered by Medi
care. On the doctor bills she
will be responsible for the first
SSO and 20% of the balance for
the year. Medical Insurance will
pay 80% of reasonable charges
above the first SSO.
Miss Belcher’s story is cer
tainly not unique, said Neil W.
Quarles, social security field
representative for Newton Cou
nty. In just 3 short years, Medi
care has covered 311,100 hos
pital stays of elderly people in
Georgia. And there were more
than 14,100 admissions for post
hospital extended care. Older
people have also received visits
in their own homes from visit
ing nurses, physical therapists,
and other health care specialists,
paid for by Medicare.
Payments under the hospital
insurance program in Georgia
totaled $135,474,000 for the 3-
year period, and a total of $47,-
858,000 has been paid under the
medical insurance program.
Newton County Hospital had
477 admissions covered by Medi
care in 1968 alone and Medi
care payments to the hospital
last year were over $150,000,
according to Robert H. Mitcham,
Jr., Hospital Administrator.
The success of the program
can be shown statistically, Quar
les said. But the real proof
of what it has meant to the per
sonal lives of millions of elder
ly people here in Georgia and
the country over — people such
as Miss Belcher — cannot be
measured with statistics. Be
cause of Medicare, many thou
sands of older people who might
have put off or gone without care
— and possibly died — have
Canaan Singing
The Hicks Family from Moul
trie, and Euharlee Quartet and
Brenda from Rockmart, will be
featured singers at Canaan, Sat
urday, July 26.
The members of Canaan Bap
tist Church on Salem Road ex
tend a cordial invitation to every
one to come and hear these fine
singers.
There is a real blessing In
store for all that will attend.
S.J. Morcock Ben T. Banks, Jr.
Morcock & Banks Agency
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Phone 786-8118
1134 Clark St. N.W. Covington, Ga. 30209
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MRS. NANCY JONES (left), Newton County Hospital Medicare Clerk,
explains how Medicare pays on hospital bills. Patient Is Miss Ethel
Belcher of Covington.
been able to afford treatment.
Millions have the peace of mind
that comes from knowing that an
illness will not eat up a life
time’s savings or make it nec
essary to call upon their child
ren for help in paying medical
bills.
By paying for care outside
the hospital, such as posthos
pital care in an extended care
facility or home health visits,
Medicare has made it possible
for doctors to choose the level
of care most appropriate to the
older patient’s condition and has
pointed the way to new patterns
of health care that are being
adopted in other private and pub
lic health care plans. “That
Medicare has worked — and
worked well -- is due to the co
operation and hard work of thou
sands of people — both inside
and outside government,” Quar
les said; “the physicians, nur
ses, hospital administrators, and
others, as well as the people
in the private insurance com
panies and Blue Cross and Blue
Shield organizations who help
administer Medicare, have all
been essential to its success.”
Under contract to the Federal
Government, United Hospitals
Service Association receives and
pays the hospital bills for Medi
care beneficiaries in Georgia.
Under a similar contract, John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Company handles bills for phy
sicians’ and other medical ser
vices. Over 150 hospitals in
Georgia have met the Medicare
quality standards and are partic
ipating in the Medicare program.
There are, in addition, 89 par
ticipating extended care facil
ities, 15 certified home health
agencies, and 20 certified in
dependent laboratories.
350,026 older people in Geor
gia are covered under the basic
hospital insurance part of Medi
care. Over 90% have also signed
up for the medical insurance to
help them pay doctor bills and
other medical expenses.
NOTICE/
All citizens of Covington owning
dogs are advised to have their dogs
inoculated for rabies. All dogs th
at have not been inoculated, will be
impounded for sdays and should be
claimed by their owners within this
period.
"We invite the cooperation of all
our citizens in carrying out this
program of protection against rab
ies," City of Covington.
CITY OF COVINGTON
Thursday, July 24, 1969
NEWS from your !
PHARMACIST/
By R. H. Patterson
The human body is a com
plicated machine. Delicate,
yet surprisingly tough and
lasting.
The human body can be com-
pared in many
■OKI " ways to the au
■ to mobile. The
hot summer
wjr. f months, the car
works fine, but
co ^ weather
On brings on adif
•OUiaaß ferent story.
The battery
must be in excellent condition,
or it won’t run the car in the
winter.
Maybe there is a reason we
take more colds, have more
sickness and feel worse in the
winter. Cold weather requires
more energy-more battery
power-in a person.
Eat well in cold weather.
Watch exposure to extreme
weather conditions-and you’ll
find more energy and power
to run your complicated sys
tem.
Whenever you need health
aids and supplies-visit our
store. We deal in “good
health”, and stand ready to
serve your needs.
HARDMAN’S
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HINT FOR THE HOME:
To keep sectional furniture
from sliding apart, put or
dinary screen hooks on the bot
tom and fasten. Your furniture
will stay in place and the hooks
cannot be seen.